In Sensing Sound Nina Sun Eidsheim offers a vibrational theory of music that radically re-
envisions how we think about sound, music, and listening. Eidsheim shows how sound …

The human singing voice holds immense power-to convey mood, emotion, and identity in
songs, provide music's undeniable" wow" moments, and communicate a pop song's …

This article examines the sociotechnical imaginary within which contemporary biometric
listening or VIA (voice identification and analysis) technologies are being developed …

There is no scientific consensus on what is meant by “emotion”–researchers have examined
various phenomena spanning brain modes, feelings, sensations, and cognitive structures …

Timbre is a key aspect of musical practice and aesthetics. Artists use instrumentation, vocal
technique, and production technology to create precise tone colours; listeners are able to …

Nearly a half century after her death in 1972, Mahalia Jackson remains the most esteemed
figure in black gospel music history. Born in the backstreets of New Orleans in 1911 …

Why are notions about voice and race that are no longer supported by research still
reproduced? Through ethnography work on classical vocal training in southern California in …

This dissertation investigates the political stakes of women's work with sound technologies
engaging the body since the 1970s by drawing on frameworks and methodologies from …

Fundamentalist Christians loosely affiliated with Bob Jones University (Greenville, SC) teach
that music influences listeners' faith and moral characters for both good and evil …

It is common for people to be sensitive to aesthetic qualities in one another's speech. We
allow the loveliness or unloveliness of a person's voice to make impressions on us. What is …